CHINESE CHARACTER

泥 (ní): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

ní

mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste

HSK 68 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

氵

Primary radical

氵 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 泥.

尼

Phonetic component

尼 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 8

Write 泥 in 8 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Vocabulary with 泥

泥ní

HSK 6 · mud; clay; paste; pulp; restrained

HSK 6 · cement

HSK 7-9 · muddy; mud

HSK 7-9 · quagmire

HSK 7-9 · earth; soil; mud; clay

淤泥yūní

HSK 7-9 · silt; sludge; ooze

Examples using 泥

泥

别走进泥地。

Bié zǒu jìn ní dì。

Don't step in the mud.

水泥

我们往下看，是一片水泥丛林。

Wǒ men wǎng xià kàn， shì yí piàn shuǐ ní cóng lín。

Looking down, we saw a concrete jungle.

FAQ

What does 泥 (ní) mean in Chinese?

mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste

How do you write 泥 in stroke order?

泥 has 8 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 泥?

氵 is the radical in 泥. It is the three-dot water radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 泥?

泥 (ní): mud; clay; paste; pulp; restrained; 水泥 (shuǐní): cement; 泥泞 (nínìng): muddy; mud.